It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.

One of the most important responsibilities of leaders in any setting - including business organisations - is to tell us our own story; to explain us to ourselves; to help us weave some meaning and purpose into the fabric of our lives; to illuminate our understanding of where we have come from; to paint word pictures of our future onto which we can project our aspirations.

Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable.

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.

The thing we need most is each other.

Still, most of those effects occur in the context of harmless play and it is patently obvious that children are not normally turned into aggressive little monsters by TV or video games, since most children do not become aggressive little monsters.

But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all.